From: les@jmdl.com (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #363 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Wednesday, December 22 2004 Volume 2004 : Number 363 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: JT's River and other Christmas songs ["Steven Polifka" ] Re: My Picks 2004 vljc [SCJoniGuy@aol.com] Mack Watson Bush ["Bree Mcdonough" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 08:20:45 -0600 From: "Steven Polifka" Subject: Re: JT's River and other Christmas songs You forgot Facelift!! Hugs, Steve >>> "Anne Sandstrom" 12/20/2004 4:30:38 PM >>> I bought JT's Christmas CD a few weeks ago, and finally got around to downloading River. I really like it (River, that is). I think he's done some inventive things with it, staying true to the original, but making it his own too. And, while I'm talking about River, does anyone remember a version from about 5-6 years ago that was played on "new age/smooth jazz" type stations? (And, while we're at it, if Joni were to actually record a Christmas album (record execs would probably have to put a gun to her head or some such thing), what songs do you think she'd record? As for James' Christmas album - I'm kind of underwhelmed. My favorites are "Some Children See Him" (which I probably know best from George Winston's December) and Auld Lang Syne. Maybe I need to listen a few more times, but I'm just not that thrilled with it. (Even though I've contended lately that James could sing the ABCs and I'd swoon...) Oddly enough, I had a similar reaction to Shawn Colvin's Holiday Songs and Lullabies CD. Actually, I find her voice kind of grating on some of it. Not to get too personal, but I've often wondered if her being pregnant made it harder for her to breathe from the diaphram. It just sounds like she's singing closer to her throat, which makes her sound a bit shrill sometimes. So, back to Joni's imaginary Christmas CD: River (of course...) Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel (minor key enough for our Joan) I Wonder As I Wander Christmas Bells (which John Gorka does on the Windham Hill "A Winter's Solstice III") Another Auld Lang Syne (the Dan Fogelberg song w/ lyrics adapted by Joni) Old City Bar (from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra CD "Christmas Eve and Other Stories") Do They Know It's Christmas/Ethipa (done as a sort of medley) I Believe in Father Christmas (the ELO song) Awaiting the Snow (the Lui Collins song) Chinese Cafe / Christmastime is Here (instead of Unchained Melody, use the song from the Charlie Brown special) So, there you go. Do you suppose Joni ever sings along to the radio - or maybe she avoids Christmas music altogether (hard to do, but you never know...) lots of love Anne ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:28:31 +0000 From: "J Harney" Subject: Joni song story on "Regis" show Tuesday, 21 Dec. I'm jumping out of /lurkdom\ to relay the following story from a random TV experience this morning. Regis Philbin was joined by guest co-host Jill Hennessy, the comely Canadian from the TV show "Crossing Jordan," on his morning TV show, "Live with..." Sitting on stools in front of the studio audience, Regis asked Ms. Hennessy about her husband and the young son they have together, who it turns out is quite musical. Then Jill Hennessy mentioned that she used to sing in the subways of Toronto and New York when she was just starting out. "Begging?" Regis Philbin asked when Jill Hennessy said that she sang for money, which was a characterization that didn't sit too well with Jill Hennessy. Anyway, then Regis Philbin asked: "What was your best tip?" when she was singing like this. "Fifty bucks," Jill Hennessy said, still proud of the windfall, "and it was for a Joni Mitchell song." Unfortunately, neither of them mentioned which Joni Mitchell song, but I was happy that Joni got a mention and her song got a special reward nonetheless. One other bit: if anyone remembers the TNT "An All Star Salute to Joni Mitchell" from four years ago, Jill Hennessy was in the audience (I was at the taping too, but never saw her) and briefly appears on camera sort of in the shadows in the audience. ** * Happy Holidays to all! Jack ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 21:12 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) From: steph@cix.co.uk (Anita Gabrielle Tedder) Subject: Thank you Joni Mitchell Dear Joni Mitchell Since 1968 when I first heard your music you have been alongside me with some insight about whatever I have endured. It's been a very hard time again. You know it's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees - but thank you once again for all you have given me and please forgive me for writing with thanks whenver I drink too much Love Anita xx ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:11:42 -0800 From: Randy Remote Subject: My Picks 2004 vljc MUSIC: RAY CHARLES"Genius Loves Company"-duet one more time with feeling BOB DYLAN"Bootleg Series v6 Concert at Philharmonic Hall"-2CD- Dylan mesmerizes with just his guitar, harp and incredible songs 10/31/64 on the verge of shedding his folkie icon status. DAN HICKS"Selected Shorts"-duets with Buffet, W Nelson, plenty help from Hot Licks virtuoso violinist Sid Page. NORAH JONES"Feels Like Home"-The real "anti-Britney", becoming a better songwriter "What Am I To You" THE BEATLES"The Capitol Albums vol.1"-George Martin made separate mixes in stereo and mono (up to and including the White Album). Many revelations hearing the guitars separated, etc dispite some added processing by Capitol in '64. Until (if ever) the original albums are remixed/mastered this will have to do. BEBEL GILBERTO-(same)-not as edgy as Tanto Tiempo, still lovely Brazilian tuneage. JOHN MCLAUGHLIN"Thieves and Poets"-(okay, it came out Oct. 03, but I just discovered it). Beautiful acoustic workouts and new orchestral compositions. BEST GUILTY PLEASURE SINCE THE 1st SPICE GIRLS CD: Gwen Stefani"Love, Angel, Music, Baby" NOT ON SANTA'S LIST: BRIAN WILSON"Smile"-lost/yes, legendary/yes, masterpiece/no JOHN LENNON"Acoustic"-too short CD of mostly demos, many ruined by adding tasteless effect processing.Much prev avail on JL Anthology. DVD: JONI MITCHELL"Refuge of the Roads"-her short-lived rock combo period captured on LA soundstage. Peak Joni. Skimpy extras, but so what. "FARENHEIT 9/11"-still moving, lots of good extras MOVIN' ON: Ray Charles/Herbie Mann/UK DJ John Peel/string maven guitarist Ernie Ball/Ronald Reagan/Arafat ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 19:38:49 EST From: SCJoniGuy@aol.com Subject: Re: My Picks 2004 vljc **NORAH JONES"Feels Like Home"-The real "anti-Britney", becoming a better songwriter "What Am I To You" Thanks for the list, Randy...I left off the Norah but it's an excellent disc of course. She beats the sophomore jinx and proves herself a force to be reckoned with, in terms of her singing and writing. Can't wait for the next one but I imagine it will be a fairly long wait. She makes it look deceptively easy. Bob NP: Joni, "Moon At The Window" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:22:56 -0500 From: "Bree Mcdonough" Subject: Mack Watson Bush Christmas cheers everyone! I believe when you feel something so strongly you should shout it to the world. Well even though the Jmdl isn't the world... it is close to it. ...my world. Sometimes. ;-) Does everyone here realize what we have? WE have Mack!! He writes like Gatsby. but has the heart of Dickens..and throw in a little Emily Dickerson... we have talked on the phone but have never met....in 2005..perhaps? we touched ...we touched.. I don';t know why exactly..I know only that we did.. Bree ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2004 #363 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she? (http://www.siquomb.com/siquomb.cfm)